Applied Robotics
Engineering in Pretoria

Applied Robotics is a leading global provider of specialized end-of-arm tooling and connectivity solutions designed to meet unique application and market needs.

If you want first shot at the competitive advantages that come from technical innovation and increased productivity, you’ve got it. Just tell us what you need from your end-of-arm tooling and connectivity. Do you need it to be faster, stronger, lighter, smaller, tougher, more flexible, better connected? Do you want to optimize your tooling, get more work done at every station, or find new solutions for your automation challenges? At Applied Robotics, innovation comes from consultation. We’ll come up with exceptionally innovative and productive solutions. With the help of some of the most important milestones in our company’s history, you can follow our growth from a small robotics manufacturer to the premier solutions provider we are today. 1983 Applied Robotics incorporates in Troy, NY, with a focus on the integration and design of robotic automation equipment. The company’s first product, a specialty gripper, is designed using a T-square on a dining room table. Later this year, the company also receives a purchase order from Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo, CA for its second product, the XChange tool changer, while the product is still on the drafting board. The company successfully closes business for a custom designed, turnkey tool pre-setting system for the drilling of composite airplane wings for McDonnell Douglas. 1986 Responding to market changes, the company shifts its focus away from systems integration and toward product development. The Omega product line is born to meet demand in the automotive spot welding market. 1989 Applied Robotics develops the smallest tool changer on the market, the XC1, which helps move the company into the electronics industry. 1993 Applied Robotics opens its Southfield, MI offices to provide dedicated sales and support to a rapidly expanding automotive market. Additional machining capability is added to bring more component manufacturing in-house, enabling better control of costs and delivery schedules. The company secures first major automotive tool changer program with Opel. At Applied Robotics, we believe one of the most significant investments we make is in our community. This commitment takes many forms, including charitable contributions, volunteerism and civic leadership. Our social responsibility is as varied as the people who work with us and the people we serve. Our objective is to improve the quality of life and economic vibrancy of the places where our customers, employees and other stakeholders live and work.